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of them shall not be less than one inch in length, and not less 

 than one-half inch in width, and that every person who shall 

 manufacture for sale, or who shall offer or expose for sale any 

 basket to be used for shipping or selling peaches not stand- 

 ard, shall distinctly and durably stamp, brand or mark upon 

 such basket upon the stave just below the rim the number of 

 quarts such basket contains. 



Sec. 2. That every person who shall manufacture, sell, 

 or offer or e.xpose for sale, or have in his or her possession 

 with intent to sell, or to use any peach basket or baskets not 

 stamped, branded or marked as required by the first section 

 of this act to be stamped, branded or marked, shall for every 

 such offense forfeit and pay a fine of not less than twenty- 

 five dollars, and not more than fifty dollars, to be recovered 

 with costs, in any of the courts of this state having cogni- 

 zance thereof, in any action to be prosecuted by any prosecu- 

 ting attorney in ihe name of the state, and the one-half of 

 such recovery shall be paid to the informer, and the residue 

 shall be applied to the support of the poor in the county where 

 such recovery is had. 



Sec. 3. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with 

 this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act 

 shall take effect the first day of September, one thousand eight 

 hundred and ninety-two. 



MISSOURI APPLE-BARREL LAW 



The Mis.souri apple-barrel law (Mo. R. vS. 1899, 

 Section 10.576) is as follows : 



Whenever apples shall be sold l)y the barrel, and no 

 special agreement is made as to the size of the barrel by the 

 parties, the size shall be as follows: Langth of barrel, twenty- 

 eight and one-half inches (28 J/^), with chines of three-fourths 

 of an inch at the ends; the diameter of the heads shall be 

 seventeen and one-fourth inches (i1%), and the diameter of 

 the center of the barrel inside shall be twenty and one-half 

 inches (2o>^). 



